As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
BOTTLED WATER
Includes any artificial or natural mineral, spring or other water bottled for drinking purposes.
CONNECTION
Any physical connection between two pipes or conduits at least one of which carries or is intended to carry potable water. When qualified by one of the following prefixes, the terms shall have the specific meaning stated:
A. 
CROSS-CONNECTIONSame as "interconnection," as defined in Subsection D of this definition.
B. 
OPEN CONNECTIONA piping arrangement which provides an air gap between two water supply systems and which may become a cross-connection or interconnection by the insertion of a length of pipe into the air gap.
C. 
BACKFLOW CONNECTIONAny arrangement whereby the flow of water into a water supply system from any source except its regular one can occur.
D. 
INTERCONNECTIONAny physical connection or arrangement of pipes between two otherwise separate building water supply systems whereby water may flow from one system to the other, the direction of flow depending upon the pressure differential between the two systems. Where such connection occurs between the sources of two such systems and the first branch from either, whether inside or outside the building, the term "cross-connection" applies.
E. 
SERVICE CONNECTIONA connection between a waterline of a public system and the water piping system of a single premises usually joined by a valve and/or meter controlled by the water system management and located in a curb box or on the premises.
PRIVATE WATER SUPPLY
Any water system not classified as public, intended primarily for the use of the occupants of one premises. The system shall include all sources, treatment works and distribution piping by which water is furnished to water taps or outlets of the system.
PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Any water system serving or intended to serve water for human consumption or for domestic uses or purposes to more than one service connection irrespective of payments to be made for water service. The system shall include all of the sources, treatment works and distribution lines to the point of service connection at the meter, property line or any similar premises' connection point which are under one ownership, management and operation.
A. 
No person shall provide or make accessible a public water supply or bottled water for human consumption or domestic use unless the source, treatment and distribution of such water shall be so protected from pollution and so maintained as to deliver a water of safe, sanitary quality. Such delivered water shall not contain bacterial, chemical or other contamination in such quantity as may be injurious to health or as may indicate such water to be unsatisfactory for human consumption, as determined by test in a laboratory approved for the purpose by this Board. Public water supplies shall conform with the United States Public Health Service Drinking Water Standards now in effect or hereafter adopted.
B. 
Springs and wells: No spring or well classified as a public water supply which does not conform to the requirements and standards set forth in this section shall be used as a source of domestic water supply.
C. 
Private water supplies: No person shall provide or maintain a private water supply to be used for drinking or other domestic purposes by any person, other than the owner thereof, unless such water supply shall be potable, protected against pollution and free from bacterial standards of water quality, as defined in this section.
D. 
Disinfection: No new or repaired water supply system or any structure which may have become contaminated accidentally or otherwise shall be placed in use before such system or structure has been effectively cleaned and disinfected in accordance with accepted practices and standards of the American Water Works Association now in effect or hereafter adopted.
E. 
Treatment: Whenever this Board shall determine that the water delivered to consumers for drinking or other domestic use does not meet the requirements of this chapter, it shall so notify the person in responsible charge of such water supply and may order the treatment, abandonment, sealing or posting of that portion of the distribution system or connections within the Borough which does not meet the requirements of this chapter.
F. 
Cross-connections and interconnections: No person shall permit any connection between a potable water supply and an unapproved auxiliary water supply or any structure containing sewage, nonpotable water or other substance injurious to health.
G. 
Discontinuance of use of well or spring: Whenever, upon examination, it shall appear that the water from a well or spring or other source classified as a public water supply is not suitable for human consumption, the use of such water shall be discontinued and the well or spring shall be abandoned.
H. 
Abandoned wells: No well shall be used for any other purpose than as a source of water. Abandoned wells shall be filled with clean earth or capped with substantial watertight slabs so as to prevent the contamination of the underground water supply.
A. 
Samples of water from any water supply classified as a public water supply may be taken for examination by the Health Officer as often as he deems necessary for the detection of pollution or unwholesomeness. This Board shall condemn any water supply classified as a public water supply which it examines and finds to be polluted to the extent that it is a present or potential danger to the public health.
B. 
The Health Officer may, at his discretion, refuse to take for examination samples of water from any private water supply which is not adequately protected from surface contamination.